3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Galatians 4:3. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
How to read this study data
Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
When a verse uses different numbering in a source tradition, Spirit Nation may show the closest mapped source reference and label it directly on the panel.
Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Οὕτω καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἦμεν δεδουλωμένοι·
Οὕτω
καὶ
ἡμεῖς
ὅτε
ἦμεν
νήπιοι
ὑπὸ
τὰ
στοιχεῖα
τοῦ
κόσμου
ἦμεν
δεδουλωμένοι
- Lemma
- dedoulwmenoi
- Transliteration
- dedoulwmenoi
- Morphology
- Greek: verb perfect passive participle nominative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1402
- Occurrences
- 1
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
οὕτως καὶ ἡμεῖς, ὅτε ἦμεν νήπιοι, ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ἤμεθα δεδουλωμένοι·
καὶ
ἦμεν
τὰ
τοῦ
ἤμεθα
Coverage: New Testament
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܗܟܢܐ ܐܦ ܚܢܢ ܟܕ ܝܠܘܕܐ ܗܘܝܢ ܬܚܝܬ ܐܣܛܘܟܣܘܗܝ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܡܫܥܒܕܝܢ ܗܘܝܢ
ܗܟܢܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܗܟܢܐ
- Transliteration
- hkn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 220
ܐܦ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܦ
- Transliteration
- 'p
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 544
ܚܢܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܚܢܢ
- Transliteration
- hnn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 184
ܟܕ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܟܕ
- Transliteration
- kd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 730
ܝܠܘܕܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܝܠܘܕܐ
- Transliteration
- ylwd'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 9
ܗܘܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܗܘܝܢ
- Transliteration
- hwyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 85
ܬܚܝܬ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܬܚܝܬ
- Transliteration
- thyt
- Morphology
- possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 49
ܐܣܛܘܟܣܘܗܝ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܣܛܘܟܣܘܗܝ
- Transliteration
- 'stwkswhy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 3
ܕܥܠܡܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܥܠܡܐ
- Transliteration
- d'lm'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 73
ܡܫܥܒܕܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܫܥܒܕܝܢ
- Transliteration
- msh'bdyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 2
ܗܘܝܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܗܘܝܢ
- Transliteration
- hwyn
- Morphology
- possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
- Occurrences
- 85
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
ita et nos cum essemus parvuli, sub elementis mundi eramus servientes.
ita
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ita
- Transliteration
- ita
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 439
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
nos
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- nos
- Transliteration
- nos
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 1585
cum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cum
- Transliteration
- cum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 5272
essemus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- essemus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
parvuli
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- paruulus
- Transliteration
- parvuli
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 137
sub
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sub
- Transliteration
- sub
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 330
elementis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- elementum
- Transliteration
- elementis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 9
mundi
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mundus
- Transliteration
- mundi
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 322
eramus
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- eramus
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
servientes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- seruio
- Transliteration
- servientes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 283
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Colossians 2:20
If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,
12 relevance votesColossians 2:8
Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elemental spirits of the world, and not after Christ.
12 relevance votesGalatians 4:9
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?
11 relevance votesGalatians 2:4
This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,
9 relevance votesActs 15:10
Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
5 relevance votesRomans 8:15
For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
4 relevance votesJohn 8:31
Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
3 relevance votesGalatians 4:25
For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to the Jerusalem that exists now, for she is in bondage with her children.
2 relevance votesGalatians 3:19
Then why is there the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
2 relevance votesMatthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
2 relevance votesHebrews 7:16
who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life;
2 relevance votes